This is the problem with having old people decide on things. Anybody who has a grandmother or grandfather knows how many mistakes they make in a single day.
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did you see her dead eyed rage directed at a reporter who dared ask her why she did it https://youtu.be/0uQMNRpjQ-A
(Go to 4:28.)
Her defiant reaction to the backlash was the worst part of it. She refuses to acknowledge people's ire. She ends up making the case that she did it for Alaskans at the expense of the rest of her country. That she knew it was wrong but didn't mind throwing everyone else under the bus.
I’d like to say that Alaska will vote her out but Alaska isn’t known for being progressive or sane. People come here to hoard broken cars & ripped tarps in peace.
People come here to hoard broken cars & ripped tarps
Not to mention the enormous, life-changing $1700 per year of oil money everybody gets.
Murkowski was literally primaried by a further right nut job, ran in the general as a write in, won and rejoined the Republicans. The only thing that will stop Alaskans electing her is death or retirement.
Well she hasn't had an election since RCV started, so hopefully we get a better Senator
We're at the point that I'm not sure if this is an onion.
*nibble nibble*
Edit several hours later: oh shit this is not an onion. FML.
As a former resident of Alaska I say that, yes that is true.
Have you seen the fucks cheering after it passed? Imagine knowing you're fucking over 15+ million people just so you can get a tax break. Disgusting as fuck.
She cares more about her career than about all the people that will die as a result of her vote. Edit: Just like all the others who voted for this btw.
Not all of them, plenty of them voted for it because of the people it will harm as a result.
Alaska got an exemption from Medicaid Cuts. I imagine her rationale was that she was protecting her constituents. Fucked everyone else though.
All she had to do was say 'no,' and she could have protected her constituents and 330,000,000 other Americans.
The "I got mine. Fuck you" mindset is pretty on brand for Republicans
Yeah but her constituents still have to deal with all the other shit in the bill too so it's not like she really did them any favors.
I guarantee she has a nice cushy lobbyist position lined up for Big Oil after pushing that bill through. She could give two shits about reelection with that fallback.
She’s a piece of shit.
Remember when republicans would harp on Grover Norquists Taxpayer protection pledge about swearing theyd never raise any taxes? Yeah way back in the old before times, like 2024. You never hear about that anymore.
I don't want all this responsibility, I just wanted respect and a nice house. Why are these problems mine to deal with?!
These people shouldn't be elected, they should be studied. In a lab.
Fuck that cunt!